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Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — Umm Kulthum


May 4 — UMM KULTHUM
Epic Egyptian singer, film actress, Arab cultural activist.

MAY 4, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Prophet Mohammed’s Trip to Heaven and Back.

ALSO ON MAY 4 IN HISTORY…
1494 — Arawaks of Jamaica discovered by European invaders.
1886 — Haymarket bomb explodes, anarchist blamed, Chicago, Illinois.
1916 — Urban activist, political critic Jane Jacobs born, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
1904 — Egyptian folk singer Umm Kulthum born, Tammay al-Zahayrah, Egypt.
1919 — Radical documentarian Emile de Antonio born, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
1961 — “Freedom Ride” bus trips begin throughout American South.
1970 — Kent State massacre leaves four student anti-war protesters dead.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective

Today's Autonomedia Jubilee Saint — JANE JACOBS


April 25 — JANE JACOBS
American-born urban activist, alternative city-planner, writer.

APRIL 25, 2009 HOLIDAYS AND FESTIVALS
*Ancient Rome: Robigalia, Sacrificial rite to placate the God of Mildew.

ALSO ON APRIL 25 IN HISTORY…
1719 — Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe first published.
1943 — LSD accidently discoversed by swiss chemist Albert Hoffman.
1944 — Krazy Kat cartoonist Geroge Herriman dies, Hollywood, California.
1964 — “Little Mermaid” statue loses head to saw in Copenhagen harbor.
2006 — Urban activist, writer, Jane Jacobs dies, Toronto, Canada.

Excerpted from The 2009 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints: Radical Heroes for the New Millennium by James Koehnline and the Autonomedia Collective